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Connecticut will be represented by Michael Bolton. Is CT full of old people? -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 18:35 1
- I mean basically yes? -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 18:41
Powerful tornado touches down at a Walmart store in Round Rock, Texas -- (link) - budice Mar 21, 18:26 1
- The video of the tornado crossing I-35 earlier? That Wal-Mart is on that corner. - ty97 Mar 21, 18:27
the guy who plays Lenny Bruce on Mrs. Maisel is terrific. He's really really good -- nm - Remlik Mar 21, 18:20 1
- Oh for sure. So charismatic. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 21, 18:39
American Song Contest - why do I have this on my TV? -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 18:16 4
- I f’d up and watched the first 5 min of Rescue 911. Don’t do that. -- nm - Pippy Mar 21, 18:24 1
  - You have my solemn promise -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 18:27
- AmeriVision -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 18:17 1
  - I must admit I am intrigued by Oklahoma being represented by a K-Pop style song -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 18:19
Maybe it's because I follow movie critics and such, but I'm getting bombarded with ads for Jessica Chastain for Best Actress on twitter. -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 18:05 3
- For what?? -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 21, 18:38 1
  - Eyes of Tammy Faye. -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 18:40
- It's because of where you live too. I've been seeing those ads all my life because of the *checks list* everything about me -- nm - con_carne Mar 21, 18:24
The Great Read - ‘He Goes Where the Fire Is’: A Virus Hunter in the Wuhan Market - crash davis Mar 21, 17:58
A couple of his relatives have told my boss that he should not let his kids watch Turning Red. - Tim Mar 21, 17:56 10
- I wonder if it's actually the "disobeying your parents" bit, which would rule out a lot of film. -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 18:26 1
  - Your cinema pie chart is gonna be Parents: 75% are dead. 15% get killed off during the movie. 10% are depicted as a source of anguish. -- nm* - con_carne Mar 21, 18:45
- They do acknowledge female puberty. But for younger kids it won't mean anything if that is the concern, which I assume it is. -- nm - Andie Mar 21, 18:10 1
  - He regularly says all of them are very innocent (even the oldest) and I suppose it would start them asking questions. -- nm - Tim Mar 21, 18:45
- wh......why? -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 18:00 5
  - It’s about Canada’s slide to communism under Trudeau but makes it seem totally normal. -- nm - spamlet Mar 21, 18:14 2
    - he was an engineering student at the time! -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 18:22 1
      - student of engineering Marxist takeovers! -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 18:32
  - because it acknowledges puberty. - mafic Mar 21, 18:04 1
    - *clutches pearls* -- nm - znufrii Mar 21, 18:37
Retropolis- Ted Cruz told Ketanji Brown Jackson that Bushrod Washington was not ‘controversial.’ He was a slaveholder. - crash davis Mar 21, 17:46 2
- While I am loathe to defend him, and he could have picked a better example, this won't be a reason why I dislike Ted Cruz. I posted the article - crash davis Mar 21, 17:48 1
  - the only time I want to hear Ted Cruz's name mentioned is when the sentence starts "The Late', or 'recently deceased'. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 21, 17:53
nerdlegame 62 3/6 - crash davis Mar 21, 17:40
While this tweet isn’t as shocking as the person thinks—the replies, with a similar setup, are pretty funny -- (link) - Flavorize Mar 21, 17:16 2
- Lol -- nm - Pippy Mar 21, 18:32
- That's unfortunate but it went to some great places. -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 17:48
Some damage from that tornado crossing I-35 in Round Rock earlier -- (link) - ty97 Mar 21, 17:05
That Tesla that flew? Apparently it was a Tik Tocker. -- nm - Spawn Mar 21, 17:01 11
- I mean, there was really no other reason for there to be a camera there. -- nm - pmb Mar 21, 17:12 3
  - do something stupid and *not* record it? Whatever for? -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 18:33
  - Why don't they use their social media to hate people by the group like a normal person! -- nm - con_carne Mar 21, 17:45
  - Or, in this case, a crowd of cameras -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 17:33
- Do I want to know? Or is it 'people, including (especially?) youths, sometimes do dumb things' material? -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 17:11 1
  - A little from column "idiot", a little from column "influencer" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 17:33
- And a rental car. Numerous charges to follow. -- nm - Meg Mar 21, 17:08 4
  - Justifiable homicide if someone rents your car and does that. -- nm - TWuG Mar 21, 17:36 2
    - (it's actually....not) -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 17:40 1
      - I know -- nm - TWuG Mar 21, 17:41
  - News link - -- (link) - Meg Mar 21, 17:12
Our flight crew just told us they were fresh when we left OC, so they won't time out. Whew. Tornado is over -- (edited) - Diva Mar 21, 16:59 2
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Mar 21, 17:38
- Yay for fresh crew! -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 17:02
I listened to a WashingtonPost interview this morning with the Klitschko brothers. They were really impressive. They did a good job of underscoring - prayformojo Mar 21, 16:54
Yes, Ana de Armas and yes, you do see her naked, but under no circumstances should you watch Deep Water. It's an unrelentingly miserable movie -- nm - prayformojo Mar 21, 16:46 15
- Ben Affleck went full Xanax for his performance. (Spoilers) - ralph wiggum Mar 21, 16:55 14
  - I’m shocked that an Adrian Lyne movie would suggest audiences sympathize with the male lead. -- nm - Roger More Mar 21, 17:15 1
    - Yeah, I guess he already made his position on the subject pretty clear in Unfaithful. nm -- (edited) - ralph wiggum Mar 21, 17:19
  - When she is (sp) - prayformojo Mar 21, 16:58 11
    - She looks a lot like a slinkier version of Mila Kunis. (spoilers) -- (link) - ralph wiggum Mar 21, 17:02 10
      - you can't post that subject and then link to snail talk -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 17:15 6
        
        She won't even hook you up on your birthday! The nerve! -- nm - David Mar 21, 17:58
        
        I concur -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 17:26
        
        Ha! She's also got some young Dushku vibes in some scenes. - ralph wiggum Mar 21, 17:17 3
        
        Side note is that I have reached the Faith episodes on the Buffy rewatch and I remain correct - Reagen Mar 21, 18:39
        
        I mean that's better. -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 18:20
        
        Yes, she does. I thought spoilers - jnine Mar 21, 17:29
      - I can't read it behind the paywall. What's the reason? I watched this today and I was disappointed. spoilers - jnine Mar 21, 17:09 1
        
        Spoilers - ralph wiggum Mar 21, 17:13
      - you're the best! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 21, 17:04
Gorgeous close up footage of a tornado in Taylor, TX -- (link) - Qale Mar 21, 16:45 1
- Probably the same one we saw pass through Round Rock? Taylor is just out 79 east of Round Rock past Hutto -- nm* - ty97 Mar 21, 16:46
"Binary assumptions of Republicans as either true believers or power-hungry cynics are not very helpful...In some fundamental way, Republicans are both." -- (link*) - znufrii Mar 21, 16:43
Diva don't read this. - ty97 Mar 21, 16:39
Russia is that guy who can't believe that Theon Greyjoy won't just stay down during their fight -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 16:12 4
- Yes -- nm - Pippy Mar 21, 16:57 3
  - Got Tornado? -- nm - Diva Mar 21, 16:58 2
    - No. We are 30 miles north of DFW. Y’all stay safe -- nm - Pippy Mar 21, 17:00 1
      - mwah! -- nm - Diva Mar 21, 17:02
MelDeevs: Far From Home - The delayed flight from OC can't land in DFW. - Diva Mar 21, 16:03 33
- Sorry to hear this, meldeevs -- nm - prayformojo Mar 21, 16:43
- The 5pm DFW-BOS is listed as delayed to 7pm (I always have doubts in AA delay estimated though) and the 7pm flight is canceled. - ty97 Mar 21, 16:25 5
  - We booked a room at a DFW Best Western around Noon PT. AA put us on a flight out of DFW tomorrow. - Diva Mar 21, 16:28 4
    - Yeah fingers crossed you get to DFW tonight. As long as crew doesn't time out you should -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 16:31 3
      - omg - Diva Mar 21, 16:34 2
        
        If the crew times out, you'd be offloaded in San Antonio. You don't want that. - ty97 Mar 21, 16:36 1
        
        Yes, I know ty. Thx. -- nm - Diva Mar 21, 16:39
- ugh, days like this are the worst, I hope things improve speedily! -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 16:20
- Ugh! Hopefully you get home soon. -- nm - Krusty Mar 21, 16:08 2
  - It'll be tomorrow at the earliest as there's nothing else available to Boston today. I guess. -- nm - Diva Mar 21, 16:14 1
    - Damn. :-( -- nm - Krusty Mar 21, 16:25
- And by the time you're cleared your crew will have timed out and a new crew will be flown in from Chicago. Memories :/ -- nm - Meg Mar 21, 16:06
- Cantore has his tornado eye on DFW -- (link) - budice Mar 21, 16:05 20
  - I35 Austin nasty tornado -- (link) - budice Mar 21, 16:15 3
    - ummmm that is headed roughly toward my Aunt's house -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 16:30 1
      - ok, Mom checked they are okay. - ty97 Mar 21, 16:35
    - ummm, that's the town I lived in and that tornado just crossed over Dell headquarters -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 16:27
  - Yep, we JUST got told about the tornado. I guess eventually we'll be rerouted thru New Jersey. -- nm - Diva Mar 21, 16:08 14
    - You can get the train from Jersey to Boston! -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 16:37 1
      - 😅 -- nm - Diva Mar 21, 17:07
    - And they cleared the towers at DFW because of the tornado. - Diva Mar 21, 16:19 10
      - There really is no good time for DFW. You take your chances any time of the year :( -- nm - Meg Mar 21, 16:29 9
        
        I wanted to avoid connecting there but, oh well. -- nm - Diva Mar 21, 16:42 8
        
        When you're safely home I'll re-post our DFW adventure ;) -- nm - Meg Mar 21, 16:58
        
        Life's an adventure, trips like these are like scars, they hurt initially and then make good stories? - ty97 Mar 21, 16:45 6
        
        Mel is googling recipes for prison toilet wine, so I guess there's that. -- nm - Diva Mar 21, 16:49 5
        
        😫😭🤮 -- nm - Diva Mar 21, 17:04
        
        🤮 -- nm - Pippy Mar 21, 17:01
        
        😭 -- nm - Krusty Mar 21, 16:54
        
        I'm slightly intrigued. - ty97 Mar 21, 16:50 1
        
        hooch gonna hooch -- nm - budice Mar 21, 16:50
    - Guess the airplane won't have to pump its own gas then -- nm* - budice Mar 21, 16:13
  - "Ugh!" -- (link) - budice Mar 21, 16:06
The Batman has officially crossed $300 million. - David Mar 21, 15:52 4
- 600 Mil worldwide -- nm - Remlik Mar 21, 17:01 1
  - Yeah, it's just a Peacemaker kind of performance internationally. -- nm - David Mar 21, 17:55
- Thats cute -- nm - Spiderman NWH Mar 21, 16:14
- "I'm rich." -- nm - Max Mar 21, 15:58
Mail call! New hoodie!! -- (pic) - Shaun Mar 21, 15:50 [Attachment]
Francis Ford Coppola received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- (link) - budice Mar 21, 15:49 9
- If Fozzie Bear and Anthony Fauci had a kid. -- nm - Max Mar 21, 16:14
- I'll take "People I already assumed had a star there" for $200 -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 16:02 3
  - you gotta pay to do it so lots of the big stars never bother. -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 16:05 2
    - Last night I bought a bottle of Francis Coppola Claret, he has the money. - crash davis Mar 21, 16:24 1
      - he has your money now -- nm - budice Mar 21, 16:28
- Ceremony vid -- (link) - budice Mar 21, 16:02 [youtube]
- I would not have recognized him in a million years. -- nm - pmb Mar 21, 15:56 1
  - He 82 now -- nm - budice Mar 21, 15:59
- they sent his wax statue? -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 15:55
Tornadoes headed for Austin? Uh oh -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 15:36
What's the term for when pro wrestlers yell challenges and predictions at the camera? Highlight reel? The NPR equivalent is spring campaigns - Max Mar 21, 15:33
Hunting on B2: The major hold up for CRA2 was the writers, not the stars. -- nm - MDH Mar 21, 15:31 3
- Given it got Oscar noms for writing iirc, that counts as a star to me. - Will Hunting Mar 21, 15:53
- That pesky money fact that the white co-writer was going to get 1-1.5M and the Asian writer like $200-300K -- nm - JD Mar 21, 15:43 1
  - Definitely was not implying I agreed/disagreed one way or another with the pay disparity issues. -- nm - MDH Mar 21, 15:46
So the trade is actually three 1sts, a 3rd and two 4ths for Watson and a 6th. Seems so high. Then they gave him a billion dollars. -- (link*) - Volnelk Mar 21, 15:27 1
- place your bets now on this going wrong before those last draft picks are made. -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 15:30
Heh, email from Chewy "your package is delayed and will arrive Wednesday." Fedex tracking "out for delivery." That must be a *very* slow van :/ -- nm - Meg Mar 21, 15:26 2
- The van is hiding up in some branches above some barking dogs. -- nm - Max Mar 21, 15:37 1
  - Can't escape my cats up there - and they hungry! :) -- nm - Meg Mar 21, 15:42
Happy birthday to my brother/buddy/son and world’s greatest Vulcan hockey fan! -- nm - The Allfather Mar 21, 15:14 6
- If there is a person that is your brother/son.... -- (edited) - crash davis Mar 21, 16:18
- also it's "happy new age demographic button on the survey day"! -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 15:58 1
  - I took kind of a weird glee in aging out of the 18-49 demographic. - David Mar 21, 17:59
- All I want as a gift is the blood of my enemies, which tonight is the Colorado Avalanche. -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 15:23 1
  - Seconded. -- nm - spamlet Mar 21, 15:24
- "The Gordon Howe Hat Trick is the most logical achievement in all of sport." -- nm - Vulcan Hockey Team, Starfleet Academy Mar 21, 15:17
The thought of a wedding consuming 4 days has me pondering a game called "Hungry, Hungry Wedding Party" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 15:13 1
- You must dance to burn off the calories. -- nm - Max Mar 21, 15:14
Happy Birthday Reagen! -- nm - Max Mar 21, 15:13 2
- Happy bday! -- nm - Diva Mar 21, 16:43
- HBD! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 15:13
DC Convoy: Apparently last week was Group 1, they went home. Now we have Group 2. A completely different set of morons. -- nm - loosilu Mar 21, 15:09
Russia accidentally admits to ~10k dead, ~16k injured soldiers in Ukraine -- (link) - Reagen Mar 21, 15:06 5
- but the last person to hear of it will be the old babushka in Red Square clutching her Stalin Icon. -- nm - mud Mar 21, 15:14 4
  - the people who equate today's Russia with the USSR are the very definition of morons. -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 15:33 3
    - I mean they're nothing alike, but Putin has been actively rehabilitating Stalin in Russia for the last 15 years. - mafic Mar 21, 18:23
    - Yeah. The USSR had *principles*. And *scruples*. (But not *staples*.) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 15:37 1
      - Well staples, but staple *remover* was 6 month wait and a visit from the KGB about why you are implying the state made a mistake. -- nm* - Reagen Mar 21, 15:56

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